----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:03 PM Subject: Re: thinking about free will
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 09:46:49PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 8:35 PM > > Subject: Re: thinking about free will > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 08:07:55PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 5:13 PM > > > > Subject: Re: thinking about free will > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:47:32PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Free will, pretty well be definition, means that it is possible to > > > > > > make > > > > > > > > > > Except you don't have a useful definition of free will, as you well > > > > > know. > > > > > > > > I have the same definition as Kant. :-) > > > > > > Mindless appeal to a perceived higher authority. Typical :-) > > > > Actually, not. The claim you made was extraordinarily strong. > Actually, not. And you seem to have missed something. You have a special meaning for the word useful? The meaning I used for freedom has been used by many to communicate ideas. Since there is ample evidence that they have been discussing the same thing, it appears that there is extensive evidence that the meaning has been useful in achieving their goals. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
